best movie i've ever seen.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

I'm not really the outdoors type. Spending a weekend living in a tent, eating beans out of a tin and shitting in a hole I've had to dig myself sounds like pure hell. I've been to Leeds Festival and that was enough. I only went to Scouts once so that my mate Si could get a badge for bringing a friend. Camping in the woods seems horrific before you've thrown in the psycho-killers and mutants that dominate the wilderness survival sub-genre. Opening like a gritty seventies borstal movie, low-budget Brit-horror Wilderness evolves into a deliciously bloody fusion of Deliverance and Lord Of The Flies. Following the suicide of one of their fellow inmates, a group of teens from a young offenders institute are taken to an uninhabited former military island for a spot of team building. Unsurprisingly, they're not alone. Pursued by a psycho with a crossbow, what begins as a lesson in life skills quickly descends into a battle for survival.A typically British take on survival horror, Wilderness avoids the well-worn inbred slasher cliché, preferring an antagonist that's much closer to home. There's a reason why they're under attack, and as the survivors are picked off one by one, they begin to turn on each other as they look for someone to blame for the perilous situation. Soon they're fighting among themselves in a desperate bid to make it off the island alive. Laden with gore and wince-inducing death scenes (like when the boys' adult supervisor is eaten by a pack of dogs), Wilderness is a refreshingly entertaining movie. Brutally realistic, it amps up the institutionalised horror of movies like Scum to new levels. A tense, atmospheric outing into the dark side of the countryside, it sure ain't no boy scouts picnic.

Pretty good movie, slightly underrated here. I've seen much worse movies of that kind with a better rate on IMDb. Wilderness seems to be pretty well done regarding everything shown: solid plot, very tense, good acting and pretty good directing. As a matter a fact I can't find a major objection for this movie. Maybe the camera work could have been a little bit better regarding the surroundings. The island is a beautiful visual film material and its resources might have been used a little bit better in most of the scenes. However, everything else has capacity to nail you to the screen for most of the time. Could recommend the movie, it is pretty entertaining.

Well, I can honestly say that the UK horror film "Wilderness," directed with some feverish intensity by Michael J. Bassett, follows on the heels of another great British-made horror film, Neil Marshall's acclaimed "The Descent" (2005). "Wilderness" has the same intensity, attention to story and characters, and propensity for gruesome special effects and gore that leave little to the viewer's imagination.I actually have no doubt in my mind that Bassett was in some way influenced by "The Descent" - my personal favorite horror movie so far this millennium - especially with its outdoors setting and a mindless killer chasing after tough, non-stereotypical young people. But what gets "Wilderness" points here is that it's while it's billed as a horror film, it's actually more along the lines of a gruesome adventure-thriller with some slasher movie elements thrown into the story for good measure - think the classic short story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell combined with "Deliverance" (1972), "Predator" (1987), the Japanese Manga series "Battle Royale" and any slasher movie about a revenge-seeking serial killer you could think of, and you get "Wilderness."Where "Wilderness" differs from "The Descent," aside from setting and characters, is that the film's "protagonists" aren't really protagonists. The film's main characters are a motley group of six juvenile delinquents, many of them violent offenders. How violent, you say? Well, one, Steve (Stephen Wright), is a violent, manipulative neo-Nazi skinhead sociopath, and his pal Lewis (Luke Neal), also a neo-Nazi skinhead, follows his every command. Another, Blue (Adam Deacon), is a rapist. Of course, there's also a weakling in the group, a sexual deviant named Lindsay (Ben McKay), who also gets bullied a lot by Steve and Lewis. Jethro (Richie Campbell) is the only black member of the group. And the newest member of this wholesome crew of violent youths is Callum (Toby Kebbell), a young man prone to uncontrolled bursts of anger and violence who is there because he committed a brutal murder.So, after one of them commits suicide in his bunk, the whole group is shipped off to a nearby island, where their supervisor Jed (Sean Pertwee, of Marshall's "Dog Soldiers") will hopefully teach these boys some dignity and respect through a little bit of hard labor in the forests of the UK. It turns out that they're not alone on this island, since Louise (Alex Reid, of Marshall's "The Descent"), also a juvenile corrections officer, has the same idea and is camped out there with her two young female charges Mandy (Lenora Crichlow) and Jo (Karly Greene). Soon enough, however, both groups come to realize that they are not alone on this island either, and that someone or something is hunting them down one at a time (and that maybe one of them is not who he/she appears to be either), and it soon becomes clear that the only thing that matters is survival, and getting off the island alive and in one piece, or die trying...Let me just say that "Wilderness" is most definitely not a movie for children. The fact that every time I've seen it on television late at night is proof of that. True to most horror films of late, "Wilderness" is extremely and ferociously (and sadistically) violent. But the gore is contrasted against a rather thrilling backdrop, cool story, and intriguing characters who don't deserve our sympathy, but somehow we hope that some - some is italicized - make it out alive and in one piece. Eventually, however, what the story boils down to is a case where the hunter becomes the hunted, and the characters are able to turn the tables on their hunters (if you've read Richard Connell's original short story or you've seen "Predator" for the hundredth time like I have, then you know what I mean).This turning of the tables on the antagonist can be a little bit hard to swallow, considering how it comes about and who it is that actually does the table-turning. This sudden change-of-character for one of the main characters is unexpected because none of them are really that well-developed to begin with, so the change seems a little bit forced and tends to cheapen what up until then has been a rather shocking, gripping, and steady-going thriller. There's also some cheeky teen romance-type stuff going on in here, too, which also seems a little bit forced and a little cheesy considering the film's atmosphere and elaborate setup.Lastly, there's also some ill feelings geared toward the film's ending, which is rather ambiguously optimistic. Strange, I know, but just see it to understand what I mean, and make up your mind about whether or not it ruins your late-night fun."Wilderness" is a great movie, with an interesting premise that stayed my interest a little bit by forcing us to root for under-developed characters and believe some rather stupid actions on their part. But the set-up, chase/action scenes, and gruesome special effects make this a particularly uneasy and gripping adventure-horror/thriller.7/10

"Wilderness" is a really good and enjoyable slasher, with a few minor problems.**SPOILERS**Entering into a correctional facility, Callum, (Toby Kebbell) soon finds that Steve, (Stephen Wright) and his gang, Lewis, (Luke Neal) Lindsay, (Ben McKay) Blue, (Adam Deacon) and Jethro, (Richie Campbell) are determined to make his life rough when he strays out-of-place. When the tormenting gets out-of-hand, correctional worker Jed Wyler, (Sean Pertwee) is assigned to take them all on a correctional trip to a small island off the coast. Though originally thought to be uninhabited, they find Louise Daw, (Alex Reid) and her charges, Mandy, (Lenora Crichlow) and Jo, (Karly Greene) are also on the island. Suddenly, faced with the fact that a serial killer is on the island, they are forced into defending themselves from his advances and his pack of ravenous attack dogs. Realizing the deaths are due to a father seeking revenge for his son being bullied to death by their antics, they try to find a way off the island alive.The Good News: This was a really enjoyable and entertaining slasher. One of the better aspects is the fact that the setting for this one is really great at deriving an incredible amount of atmosphere from the location. The forested setting, especially early on during the hike to the campsite or the initial attacks, the setting here is just fantastic and looks absolutely great. The woods, which here is portrayed as quite foreboding and imposing, almost hiding an impressive secret that really takes the film up a notch. That when it gets out of the woods, either up in the grass-covered hills near the mountaintops or the rocky coasts, it still manages to remain full of fear and dread, which is a great plus and helps the film immensely. What also adds nicely here is the fact that the killer here is one that utilizes quite a lot of smarts and ingenuity, and several scenes of him stalking around the forest wearing camouflage to blend in is a fun bit to see and an especially good image. The film scores nicely for it's big action scenes as well, where the trained dogs are used to great effect here. Their attacks are brutal, fun, exciting and quite thrilling, and their numbers advantage and ruthlessness make for great moments here. The first attack at the camp is awesome and really fun, which leads into the extended forest chasing which is really good. The cabin ambush and the attack on the beach, both of which are a lot of fun due to involvement with the killer as well, are really great, high-impact scenes that score heavily. These here are very worthy of being the highlights of the film, as all of them are really good and just perfect. The last good plus here is the really bloody and graphic kills on display. While not overly original, they are messy enough to satisfy the gore-hounds. We get a variable amount of extreme, close-up body mauling, arrows shot into chests or stomachs, a foot ripped off with a bear trap, slicing over pretty much every available spot, a slit throat and a body set on fire, among much more. These here are the film's best points.The Bad News: There wasn't a whole lot of flaws to this one. One of the biggest ones is the fact that the film's early prison scenes here have really little to no bearing on the film and easily could've been taken out of the film altogether, or served up shorter in the form of flashbacks. Watching all the stuff that's presented, and the amount of time we're there is really quite long, even though we're getting all the characterizations down and more. That they set up the incredibly lame and just quite stupid reasoning for the killings to begin is another source of contention, and the film's other major flaw. It's just not that good and not really that strong enough to support a rampage of such extremes, which is what this one tries to pass off here and the scenes where it comes out is terribly lacking, as the set-up for this one doesn't work at all. These here are the film's problems.The Final Verdict: With some good points in here and a couple of minor flaws, there's a lot to like with this one and it comes off rather well. Give this one a shot if you're into the style of these kinds of slashers or find this one interesting while those who are turned off by the flaws should look elsewhere.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and a clothed Sex Scene